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sun-god,
Pavilioned is on high,
And throned in
golden splendour
He reigns o'er earth and sky.
Dispersing gloom and sadness,
Giving to all new birth,
Dispensing
light and gladness,
O'er the rejoicing earth.
Up, then, fair sisters, early
His call from sleep obey,
His first sweet
healthful teachings
Will sanctify the day.
Inhale his breath delicious,
Its freshness health bestows;
It tints the
cheeks with colours
Of Persia's lovely rose.
Up, then, at nature's bidding,
Over the hills away,
With freshened
pulses glowing,
To hail the King of Day.

OH! I LOVE THE FREE AIR OF THE GRAND MOUNTAIN
HEIGHT.
Oh! I love the free air of the grand mountain height,
In its freshness
new vigour I find,
It makes life's warm pulses throb high with delight,

And stimulates body and mind.
Its freedom inspires happy thought and desire,
And the heart cannot
fail to rejoice,
As it makes the glad spirit receptive and quick
To
translate nature's eloquent voice.
The sun-illumed firmament royally decked
In pearly-tinged cloudlets
of grey,
Framed in exquisite clearness of deep tender blue,
Fit
throne for the Monarch of day!
The city below lies in tranquil repose,
Betraying no symptom of life,


Ah! who could suppose at this distance that it
Could be moved by
dissension and strife!
For it lies like an innocent, slumbering babe
In the fold of a fond
mother's breast,
Between the fair river that kisses its feet,
And the
mountain in well-guarded rest.
Then o'er the St. Lawrence and spanning its flow,
Is Stephenson's
triumph of skill,
The grand bridge that laughs at a kingdom of ice,

Which essays its stern ramparts to kill.
And there like an emerald shrined in mid stream,
Is St. Helen's bright
islet of grace,
Whose trees on the river's soft waters, delight
To
mirror their beautiful face.
Then hurrah! for the mountain, the islet and bridge,
And fair
Montreal in their midst,
With her clear sun-lit skies, that bring
blessing and health, For few pleasanter cities exist.

SUNRISE.
Behold a miracle! the eastern sky
Is whispering of a new creation
nigh,
As the fair dawn, with love-born joy and pride,
Is gently
opening day's grand portals wide.
And see her rosy sisters tripping o'er
Land, sea and mountain, lake
and pebbly shore,
Spreading th' entrancing tidings, near and far,
Of
the sun's advent in his golden car.
And now through lustrous, glad, effulgent sheen,
God's presence
manifest to man is seen,
As the majestic herald of his love

Enthrones himself in matchless pomp above.
And see, each rippling streamlet, mount and sod
Obeys the mandate
sent to it from God,
To do the work to each by Heaven assigned,


And in its due performance joy to find.
With joy extatic all creation springs
To glad new life each his anthem
sings
To the sun-god's Creator and upraise
Their thrilling melodies
of morning praise.
Have ye e'er heard it echoed through the woods
By birds and insects,
mountain, streams and floods?
Then, say, do man's best efforts match
the song
Of that harmonious, grateful, fervent throng?
Renewed and glad the denizens of earth
Obey the will of Him who
calls them forth:
Obedience makes all labour doubly sweet,
And
victory crowns the race with willing feet.
The great sun never wavers from his line
Of duty, in his gracious
work sublime,
His grand example perfect is, as when
The
Everlasting first created men.
Symbol he is of the Great Father's power,
Discoursing of it every
passing hour,
As calling to new life each germ and seed,
He teaches
earth to bring forth what men need.
Streams, plants and insects, animals and earth
Fulfil the role assigned
to them at birth;
Soft, gentle showers in cooling streams descend

O'er verdant nature freshened joy to lend.
Planets and stars obey the law divine,
And in the pre-concerted plan
combine.
To do this bidding who in ether placed
Their glorious
orbs, and their grand circles traced.
And think ye mortals that a God so great
Could be unmindful of our
mortal state?
Ah, no, His grand unchanging laws apply
To every
living creature equally.
There's not a denizen of earth, sky, sod,
But bears some message to
us from our God;
The changeless laws of earth and firmament
Are

with deep truths and glorious lessons blent.
The Great Eternal, ruler of the earth,
Formed laws immutable for it at
birth;
Charging the realm of nature to befriend,
The race for whom
he formed it, to life's end.
Grand proofs of His great love through it are found,
By those who
seek them, and rich joys abound
For all who learn themselves, and
the blest will
Of the Creator lovingly fulfil.

LOVE.
Immortal love! what power is thine,
To quicken and inspire!
Fabled
Prometheus well might dare
To steal from heaven such fire.
For 'tis
a beacon light to guide
To rapturous joy and peace,
In this our
present earthly home,
And where all sorrows cease.
Thy subtle fire electrical,
In word, look, touch or kiss,
Thrills
through our being to invoke
Responsive mutual bliss.
Once moved
by this Herculean power,
What cannot mortals dare?
Dangers else
insurmountable,
They with impressment share.
Nothing on earth e'er nerved the arm
Of knight or warrior bold,

Like love of country, home, and heaven,
In the brave days of old.

No matter what man's form of words,
Uttered or written down,
If
thy